Leftover pieces from cut-up t-shirts. Some stitching and embroidery by hand. I will keep embellishing some of the squares and then will probably turn this into a pillow. Or had squares all around and turn it into a small blanket. Time will tell…

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I have seen pincushions made from canning jars on the web before and have been wanting to make my own ever since. It wasn’t too difficult but I had to wait for the glue to dry between each step. I just eyeballed the whole thing. And since this is my prototype, it’s not perfect (I don’t even like the colours I used) but it does the trick. I will probably do another one and decorated it in a way I like better. I’ll let you know if I do.

I haven’t played in my feltjournal in a while so I thought I’d get back to it this week. It sort of looks like a landscape but really, I was just trying some new stitches and this is what it now looks like.

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Inspired by all the “grid action” I made this page for the felt journal. Had fun playing with different stitches. I’ll show a better picture after I stitch this page to its back. Keeping it short today: I spent most of the weekend with my mother and my grandparents + I’m setting up the laptop that my father bought me.

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I decided to go with fabric/felt pages to fill the journal I made last week. And this is my first one. I thought this journal would be a great way to practice my hand-stitching. So I’m trying stitches I’ve never done before. Like the chain stitch for the heart. And the half-backstitch for the word “son.” The purple lace at the bottom is from a stash that was given to me by my boss’ mother. The head bead was made by my own mother with Sculpey clay and a mold. And I’ve had the cat button for a while now. I left the edges clear of embroidery and additions because I want to sew this back to back with another page like I did for the covers.

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Yesterday, I suddenly had the urge to do some hand-stitching and make a fabric journal cover. I decided to use felt because I have tons of it. I started by cutting two cardboard pieces 5-1/4″ x 7-1/4″. Then, I cut two pieces of felt in orange and two in yellow, about a half inch bigger than the cardboard on all four sides. I cut the pieces for the sun out of the leftovers from one of the yellow sheets. I stitched the sun on one layer of felt as well as the two triangles at the top. I sandwiched a piece of cardboard between that layer and a yellow piece of felt and stitched them together as close to the cardboard as I could. I finished the cover with two eyelets in the top triangles so I can bind my journal with rings. The back cover was done in the same manner except that I embroidered the words “le journal soleil”, which turned out a bit wonky but that’s ok. Now, I’m not sure if the pages will be made on paper or on felt. I’ll let you know when it happens and will show photos as well.